Heel-plate.



M. HEATH. HEEL PLATE.

APPLICATION TILED OUT. 3, 1910.

1,004,647, Patnted Oct. 3, 1911.

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I Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

FRANK M. HEATH, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

HEEL-PLATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

Application filed October 3, 1910. Serial No. 585,076.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. HEATH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, inthe county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful HeeLPlate, of which the following is a specification.

Itis the object of the present invention to provide a heel plate which will retain the heel of the shoe in shape, the heel plate being so constructed that it is peculiarly adapted for the use of those whose ankles are weak, the bottom of the heel plate being peripherally'thickened, to withstand the wear incident to the heel plate striking the ground at an angle to the horizontal.

In the drawings,Figure 1 shows the invention in perspective; Fig. 2 is a section-on the line A-B of Fig. 1; and Fi 3 is a i ragmental section on the line 6D of The heel plate forming the subject matter of this application is preferably, although not necessaril fashioned from metal and consists of a ottom 1 and an upstanding peripheral flange 2, adapted to engage the heel of the shoe, the bottom 1 having a shoulder SfQutstanding beyond the outer face of the flange 2 for a portion only of" the. periphery of the heel plate, the bottom 1 gradually increasing in-thickness from apoint adjacent its center, toward the periphery of the shoulder only, as shown at 4. If desired, the upper edge of the flange 2 may be turned inwardly, as shown at 5, to engage the heel. Upstanding from the bottom 1, is a pin 6, adapted to enter the heel, and suitable openings 7 may be provided in the bottom 1 whereby the heel plate may be nailed to the heel.

The outstanding shoulder 3 will be found useful in the case of persons whose ankles are weak, and in the case of those whose feet strike the ground at a peculiar an 1e, in

walking. By reason of the thickening of the bottom 1, denoted by the numeral 4, the bottomawill be reinforced at places subjected to most severe wear, it being understood that the shoulder 3 may be positioned about the periphery of the heel plate, in such a manner a as the exigencies of the case may demand.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is As an article of manufacture, a heel plate consisting of a bottom and an upstanding peripheral flange to engage the periphery of the heel, the bottom having a shoulder outstanding beyond the outer face of the flange for a portion only of the periphery of the heel plate, the bottom gradually increasing in thickness from a point adjacent its center, to the periphery of the shoulder.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of witnesses.

FRANK M. HEATH.

Witnesses:

E. \V. PIKE, J. J. HILL, D. D. FINLEY. 

